Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories

Disclaimer: I didn't create or own any of the characters – they were created by Kazuki Takahashi.

Chapter 2: Duel Ground

The Town Plaza was extremely bizarre. The palace guards had their thought on the Town Plaza. Atem sneaked out without getting caught. He walked on the town, dressed as a commoner. He often grew bored in the palace, with little to do. So he started leaving the palace each night secretly so that he could meet others his age.

Atem bumped into someone. It was Teana, a young girl. Instead of helping their mom like most girls should do, Teana preferred to hang out with boys and play Magic & Wizards, unlike common girls.

"Oh, Yami! Heading off to the Duel Ground?" Teana asked. Yami. That's the name Atem used when disguising as a commoner, so that the others don't recognize him as a prince and so that he doesn't get caught.

"Quite frankly, yes. Wanna go together?" Atem offered.

Teana blushed. She has had a crush on Atem since he first showed up, who impressed just about every duellist with his rare cards and tactical strategy, including Teana. "Er… yeah."

"Alright, let's go. By the way, why are you going this way?" Atem wondered. The Duel Ground is supposedly in the end of the straight road Atem's heading.

"Well, I was going to catch up with Jono in the Town Plaza. But now that you're here, we might as well duel in the Duel Ground. I got a rare card from the booster pack I got from the Card Shop," Teana replied. "It should help me win against you."

"I think it should. Oh, here we are," Atem stopped. In front of them, was a building. The Duel Ground is a place where a group of people call themselves duellists, gather to face off in a duel of Magic & Wizards. To duel in the Duel Ground, usually you would need to be a member. The registration's free.

Atem entered. There were many people, from kids to adults. They stopped their duels and greeted Atem with respect. For they knew that Atem was the best duellist of all-time.

"Yugi! May I duel you? I've got new cards," one of them challenged.

"No! I want to duel him!" Another pushed off. Then another yelled out, "If there's anyone that will duel him, that's me!"

Then many others came to argue of who'll duel Atem.

"Hey! If anyone's duelling him, it would be me!" Teana bellowed. "Besides, I'm more confident than any of you on beating Yami!"

Everyone grumbled. "Now, Yami. Let's duel!"

"You're on!" Atem smiled.

Teana's LP: 8000

Atem's LP: 8000

Teana and Atem sat on a table and drew five cards. "I'll go first!" Teana suggested. She drew. "I summon the "Ancient Elf" (1450/1200) in Attack Mode!"

"Farewell... I'll play "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" (1500/1200)! I'll use "Gazelle" to attack your "Ancient Elf"!" (T: 7950)

Teana drew. "That "Ancient Elf" was merely a bait. So that I can play a Monster stronger than yours! I'll summon the all-powerful, Secret Rare "Gemini Elf" (1900/900)!"

"As you can see, "Gemini Elf" has got a high ATK strength, for a Level 4 Monster. I'll use "Gemini Elf" to attack Gazelle!" (A: 7600)

"Fine play," Atem complimented.

"I'm glad you think so," Teana smiled.

"My turn!" Atem drew. In his hands, there were Summoned Skull, Kuriboh, Magic Cylinder, De-Fusion, Dark Magic Attack, and Gaia the Fierce Knight. "It seemed that I don't have any monsters I can play, but this Monster should protect me. I summon "Kuriboh" (300/200)! I'll play one card face-down and end my turn."

Teana drew. "Yami… It seemed that you played that weak creature in attack mode as a bait for that face-down card. Am I right?"

Atem twitched his eyebrows. "And even if I know it's a trap, I wouldn't attack and you'd be safe. But I've got this! "Mystical Space Typhoon"!"

"Mystical Space Typhoon destroys one trap card!" Atem's eyes widened.

"That's right. Then I shall attack with my "Gemini Elf"!" Teana bellowed. (A: 6000)

The other duellists were coming down to see Teana and Atem's duel. "Hey, look! Yami's losing!"

"You may be winning, but you haven't won! I'll play "Brain Control"!" Atem placed it on the field. "This card allows me to take control one of my opponent's monsters at the cost of 800 Life Points. And that monster returns to my opponent at the end of the turn." (A: 5200)

Teana was surprised. "But if I Tribute it, the monster won't return! So I shall sacrifice "Gemini Elf" for the all-powerful "Summoned Skull" (2500/1200)! And I'll use it to attack your Life Points directly!" (T: 5450)

"My turn!" Teana drew. "I'll play the "Graceful Charity" card, which lets me draw 3 cards…" Teana drew three cards. "…in exchange of two."

"And one of the cards I got thanks to "Graceful Charity" is this!" Teana showed Atem the card she meant. "Change of Heart! Which allows me to control one of your monsters for one turn, just like your "Brain Control", except I don't need to pay 800 Life Points."

Atem bit his lip. "And of course, I'll take "Summoned Skull"! I'll attack with it!" (A: 2700) "Then I'll place this card face-down and end my turn."

Atem drew. "Summoned Skull! Attack!"

"Seems like you forgot my face-down card!" Teana said. "Mirror Force! As you own this card, you may know that it lets me destroy all my opponent's monsters when they attack."

"Hey! Yami's losing! If so, Teana will be the first to beat him! I thought if anyone was to beat Yugi, it'll be Jono!" someone said.

"My move?" Teana drew. "I'll play "Petit Angel" (600/900), and equip it with this! "Silver Bow and Arrow", this card increases the ATK strength (and DEF) of a Fairy monster by 300 points! And seeing as you don't have any monsters, "Petit Angel" shall attack directly!" (A: 1800)

"Yay! I get to be the first to beat you, Yami!" Teana said.

Atem drew. "You may have inflicted a significant damage to my Life Points with your "Petit Angel" (900/1200), but you have left it wide open for an attack! I'll summon "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian" (1400/1200) in Attack Mode! I'll use it to attack your monster!" (T: 4950)

"My turn!" Teana drew. "Yes! This is the rare card I got today! What a chance of using it and beat you!"

Huh? Atem thought.

"I summon… "Maha Vailo" (1550/1400)!"

Huh? "Maha Vailo" is only a monster with an ATK strength of 1550! But… what if it has a special ability?

"Maha Vailo" may only be a monster with an ATK of 1550, but it actually real strength shows up when its powers are boosted! I'll equip "Maha Vailo" with the "Elf's Light"! The "Elf's Light" card increases a LIGHT monster's ATK points by 400!" Teana played.

"That increases the ATK to 1950." Atem said.

"Not quite. "Maha Vailo" gains an additional ATK power of 500 for every Equip Card!" Teana said.

"So its ATK will be 2450!" Atem's eyes widened.

"I'll use "Maha Vailo" to attack your "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian"!" (A: 750)

"Nice card, Teana. I have to agree with you. But this duel isn't over! "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian" cannot be destroyed by a monster with an ATK strength of 1900 or more. So I'm safe for the moment. I'll switch him to defence mode and end my turn." Atem said.

"Attacking your Celtic Guardian will be useless, so I'll just play a card that can protect my "Maha Vailo"," Teana placed a card face-down. "This ends my turn."

"I play the "Graceful Charity" card, letting me draw three cards." Atem drew three cards. "…but of course, I need to discard two."

Atem smiled. "Teana. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but you're not gonna win this one. I'll offer my Celtic Guardian as a Tribute to summon "Dark Magician Girl" (2000/1700)!"

"Yeah, but your "Dark Magician Girl's" ATK is only 2000, whereas my "Maha Vailo" is 2450." Teana said.

"But I've got this! "Sage's Stone"! It allows me to Special Summon "Dark Magician" (2500/2100) when my "Dark Magician Girl" is on the field." Atem said.

I didn't expect that… but at least my face-down card, "Waboku" will save me, Teana thought.

"But that face-down card is quite disturbing, so I'll destroy it with this! "Dark Magic Attack"! This card allows me to destroy all your Magic and Trap Cards when I have a "Dark Magician" face-up on my side of the field," Atem said.

"!" Teana was startled.

"Now my Dark Magicians, attack!" (T: 2900)

"Damn… all I've got left is this card," Teana set a monster face-down.

"My move!" Atem said. "I'll set one card on the field, and… that face-down card might be a monster with high DEF, and I don't want to waste my attacks, so I'll use "Dark Magician" to attack!"

The card turned out to be "Magician of Faith" (300/400). "Then "Dark Magician Girl", attack!" (T: 900)

"Teana, it's over."

"No, it's not! I'll play "Change of Heart"!" Teana bellowed. "According to the rules, every duellist can only have one "Change of Heart" in their decks. But my "Magician of Faith" allows me to retrieve one Magic Card from my Graveyard! I'll use to control your "Dark Magician!"

"I'll summon "Fairy's Gift" (1400/1000) and attack with Dark Magician!" Teana bellowed. Teana hoped she can destroy "Dark Magician Girl", then use one of her monsters to reduce Atem's remaining Life Points.

"I'll activate my face-down card, the "Magical Hats"!" Atem called.

"Huh?" Teana said.

"Magical Hats allows me to get two non-Monster cards from my deck and treat them as monsters with ATK and DEF strength of 0. With this, I can select one of my monsters on the field, shuffle the three cards, and place them face-down Defence position!" Atem did what he said.

"…" Teana was mute.

"I… surrender. Even if "Dark Magician" manages to destroy "Dark Magician Girl" hidden in one of the three cards, I'll still have to destroy the other two cards before I can attack the remainder of your Life Points. Next turn, "Dark Magician" returns to you and as I don't have any Trap Cards, "Dark Magician" can wipe me out in a single attack," Teana said.

"Teana! That was an excellent game. You've improved. As a reward, I'll give you this!" Atem handed her a card. It was "Guardian Angel Joan". "Take care of it".

Teana accepted the card and replied, "Of course I will". She smiled. Atem smiled back.

"Now, do you want to head to the Town Plaza?" Teana offered.

"Sure!" Atem smiled.

A/N: Plz review! Flames are welcome, I'll listen to every comment on mistakes and work on fixing them. Thank you.